Synthwave / Retrowave / Outrun 8

My favourite electro tracks Vol. 2

Retrowave 17

A selection of tracks from promising Synthwave Artists. Submit your track -> sbmt.to/synthbuster

Synthwave Emerging Artists

Daily Drops

MOFLOW

Castalia

Written, performed, mixed & mastered by
André "pixelorb" Brandes © 2022

Image: pixabay.com (CC0 Creative Commons)

Instruments:
- Full Bucket FB-7999
- e-phonic Invader 2
- Synapse Dune 3
- TAL U-NO-LX
- Lennar Digital "Sylenth 1"
- u-he Diva
- u-he Repro-1
- u-he Repro-5
- AmpleSound "Gibson Les Paul 1958"
- AAS Strum GS-2

support

Those Times Are Gone

Featured on Retro Future SynthWave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGX0vSZ_lbA

BANDCAMP

ASTRAL PROJECTION

Andress Noel - CIS9

Stranger Love

Only With You

Palm Resorts 82

Memories

Finally Together (feat. Aliff850)

Synthesizer Heaven

First track with korg Drumlogue and korg volca bass, still learning...

ETIC COMPOUND

sewer rats

for someday

"Hypnotica" is a dark, driving techno track with hypnotic synth pads and subtle psytrance influences. The song unfolds a fast-paced, trance-like atmosphere that transports the listener to another reality. Ideal for late club nights, headphone trips, or dark playlists focused on techno, psytrance, and experimental electronica.

Hypnotica

Polar

First collab with @Synthbuster, it was a pleasure!

Hardtop86 & Synthbuster-Double Deuce

Shadow Dancer

SYNTHWAVE - SOUL ANTHEM by SXS (Instrumental - Short - Version)
This is a tribute to "Synthwave" & Synthwave lovers that feel this kind of music as a part of themselves. Visit me on my own account: @producersxs
SXS on FACEBOOK:  www.facebook.com/sxsmoflowrecords/
Check out my SYNTHWAVE - Album: https://soundcloud.com/moflow-records/sets/sxs-synthwave-premixes

All rights reserved by SXS & moflow records

Synthwave Soul Anthem

SYNTHWAVE - SOUL - ANTHEM

Paradigm

Coalescence

This time... it's all about everything !

Written, performed, mixed & mastered by
André "pixelorb" Brandes © 2025

Image: pixabay.com (CC0 Creative Commons)

Instruments:
- TAL U-NO-LX
- TAL Bassline 101
- Synapse "The Legend"
- Synapse Dune 3
- Full Bucket FB-7999
- FL-Studio Sytrus

This Time

After 18yrs of releasing a new song, Hostal Handshake are BACK!
Maybe just a single, maybe just an EP or maybe...an album? But we are Back! :D
#ripOzzy

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYcakJJnz1E
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lyrics:
This is not a drill!

Give me something to break it in two
give me glory to rule the fools
take me in your house on a big flat screen
Ready to sink you on a dark black dream

Are you ready to become a slave of me?
Corrupted government ain't gonna set u free
All these righteous pre-election pigs
are now pointing the finger for you to pay the fee

Now it's the time, this is not a drill
ain't got no privilege , got nothing to feel
Your heart is gray from the news today
only your soul left in the end to pay


(p) & (c) 2025, Hostal Handshake.

This Is Not a Drill!

Ascension tells the story of a protagonist following his career path, overcoming fears and barriers, getting over self doubt and adverse conditions. Or maybe the tale of a space odyssey operated by a huge company and its rise to the most powerful entity of mankind. 

Choose whatever you want and please tell it in the comments.

This is a hybrid track starting with a solo violin and piano and strings accompaniment. A constant soft string ostinato is opposed to a synth pulse. The middle part starts very ambient with spacious pads but rises in tension with the help of the orchestra.

The climax is introduced with a strong melodic statement played by horns. It's further developed with modulation and varied instrumentation.

The outro is more or less a mirror of the intro.

Video: https://youtu.be/1jSGHgZLBEc

Ascension

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNntOqxN1fi/?igsh=OWJ1M2hqZ3ozNW5j

MARTIAN WASTELAND
The Martian winds whispered across the empty plains, carrying dust like ash from an old fire. When SPACECAT landed, he knew immediately—something here was wrong. His whiskers tingled, his tail flicked. Mars wasn’t just silent. It was watching.

Shapes appeared through the red haze. Astronauts. But their suits were torn, their visors cracked—inside, nothing but pale light, shifting like smoke. They walked with jerking, unnatural steps, boots leaving no trace in the dust.

Ghosts.

The stories were true. The lost crews of Mars missions, trapped between life and death, now wandering the wasteland.

One lifted its helmet, revealing a hollow void that hissed his name:
“Sssspaaacecaaat…”

SPACECAT didn’t flinch. He’d faced worse. Probably.

Then came the sound—metal grinding against rock. A rover rolled into view, but it was twisted, warped by something beyond engineering. Its headlights burned white like empty eyes. Chains rattled as it tore across the soil, hunting.

The ghosts pointed, and the rover roared forward.

SPACECAT sprinted, claws flashing on stone, his jetpack coughing weak sparks. The rover chased close, its mechanical arm snapping inches from his tail. The ghosts drifted after, whispering in unison:

“Stay. With. Us.”

He leapt into the shadows of a crater—and there, waiting, was Zorgo. Oil on his claws, sparks in the dust, he grinned his lizard grin.
“Fixed it. Just in time. The MARS RIDER is yours.”

The machine stood ready: sleek black hull, neon veins pulsing, engines glowing like fire in the dark. It looked alive. It looked hungry.

SPACECAT dove into the cockpit. The rover crested the ridge above, screeching, its jaws widening—

FWOOOSH!

The MARS RIDER launched like a lightning strike, neon trails tearing across the wasteland. The rover gave chase, but the Rider cut sharper, faster, burning over ridges and craters. With a final burst, SPACECAT flipped a switch marked with a claw-scratch: Overdrive.

Engines screamed. The Rider leapt a canyon, fire spilling behind. The rover couldn’t follow. It fell, crashing into the abyss, its death-screech swallowed by the Martian dark.

Silence returned. But not peace.

The ghosts still stood on the plain, far behind now—hundreds of them. Their glowing visors turned, following the Rider’s path. They raised their hands in eerie unison.

SPACECAT narrowed his eyes, tail lashing as he sped into the horizon.
“They’re not gone,” he muttered. “And next time… they’ll come for me.”

The Martian night swallowed the MARS RIDER, leaving only dust and whispers in the wasteland.

Martian Wasteland

Here's my take on this Yanni's masterpiece. I've changed the original arrange in some sections to differ slightly, improvisations during the recording sessions are always full of surprises. I've added some subtle strings as an essence of Yanni's original version, no intention to copy it anyway. It wouldn't be an appropriate approach to this project, I think. It is strangely satisfying to dive into a genius mind to discover what is moving the gears inside. Yanni as a composer seems to be simple and minimalistic, but there are some quite complex twists in his compositions...

The End Of August by Yanni - piano remake

https://youtu.be/YUMXOZyy6DE
https://open.spotify.com/album/2XGzIKmssiAV1iHM0lMBp8?si=JRO7esUjTtGR99LOjq1dww

When Everything Was Ours (Now on Spotify)

Heavenly Ray

Hush Hush Baby

Hush Hush Baby (Oscillian Remix)

Did You Call Tonight

Did You Call Tonight (Armonics Remix)

Information Overload

Taken from the debut FM-84 album, 'Atlas'. Available NOW.
Purchase the album here: http://fm84.com

Written by Col Bennett and https://soundcloud.com/olliewride
Vocals and lyrics by Ollie Wride.
Artwork by Signalnoise.

I used to be the one 
I used to be your getaway dreamer 
I couldn’t get enough 
Thinking that we would last forever 
Don’t know what you’re thinking of 
Slipping further out of reach 
To the edge of town we could go 
Away from all the world to see 

You were wild trying to set yourself free 
I didn’t see the signs right in front of me 

Oh, I’m running in the night so soon 
I’ve got nothing left to lose 
I’m leaving it all behind, running in the night with you 
I won’t let you get away again 
We can see it through to the end 
But whatever we do 
I'm running in the night with you 

I used to be the one 
I used to be your place to land 
Under the shadows 
Into the palm of my hand 
You’re always changing the situation 
Just when we found paradise 
You’re always shutting down my conversation 
I can never read your mind 

Oh, I’m running in the night so soon 
I’ve got nothing left to lose 
I’m leaving it all behind, running in the night with you 
I won’t let you get away again 
We can see it through to the end 
But whatever we do 
I'm running in the night with you 

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh 
Running with the night 
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh 
I’m Running with the night 

I used to be the one 
I used to be your getaway dreamer 
I couldn’t get enough 
Thinking that we would last forever 

Chorus repeat x 2

Heavenly Ray

Chekarino